NOW AND AGAIN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sporadically and infrequently

Example:

as we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his attention

Synonyms:

at times; from time to time; now and again; now and then; occasionally; on occasion; once in a while

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Adverbs

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Context examples:

For myself, beyond a word or so of suggestion or correction now and again, I took no part.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Now and again he resisted spasmodically and to no purpose.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Old Ebbits now and again pulled his tangled wits together, and hints and sparkles of intelligence came and went in his eyes.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Now and again, though afflicted with secret shame, he dropped in at his sister's at meal-time and ate as much as he dared—more than he dared at the Morse table.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

"His case in your diary interest me much, and it had bearing, too, now and again on our case. I should much like to see him, and especial when his mind is disturbed."

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

There was nothing for the dogs to do, save the hauling in of meat now and again that Thornton killed, and Buck spent long hours musing by the fire.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Now and again cases came in my way, principally through the introduction of old fellow-students, for during my last years at the University there was a good deal of talk there about myself and my methods.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

So I must have lain for hours, continually beaten to and fro upon the billows, now and again wetted with flying sprays, and never ceasing to expect death at the next plunge.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Now and again I fitfully slept, but the pain of the cold always aroused me.